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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Rowe is moved to another base?
(a) He is ignored.
(b) He is allowed to rest.
(c) He is examined again and debriefed.
(d) He is kept in a confined space.

2. Rowe knows that there might come a point at which he is released but hates the thought of what?
(a) Waiting until then.
(b) Being left alone.
(c) Allowing his captors to hold that power over him.
(d) Where his captors will release him.

3. Rowe continues to know that he could be released if he does what?
(a) Blackmails the Vietcong.
(b) Gives the Vietcong money.
(c) Gives the location of Tan Phu.
(d) Says what he is being told to say.

4. Is Rowe punished?
(a) Yes, but not severely.
(b) No, not at all.
(c) Yes, somewhat severely.
(d) Yes, severely.

5. Rowe is told that he and the other prisoners can do what?
(a) Hunt.
(b) Fish.
(c) Grow vegetables.
(d) Steal.

6. How does Rowe feel after eating this meal?
(a) Happy.
(b) Tired.
(c) Full.
(d) Ill.

7. What has Rowe been repeatedly told regarding the National Liberation Front?
(a) It has some support from the people.
(b) It has the full support of the people.
(c) It has no support from the people.
(d) It expects him to support them.

8. What else do the men buy?
(a) Black pepper and garlic.
(b) Vegetables and fruit.
(c) Black pepper and salt.
(d) Hunting supplies.

9. Why are the men not allowed to buy food?
(a) They catch enough fish that they do not need other food.
(b) There is no food to buy.
(c) The Vietcong are providing their food.
(d) They need other supplies more desperately.

10. Alone, Rowe is initially ___________________.
(a) Nervous.
(b) Angry.
(c) Excited.
(d) Depressed.

11. How does Rowe find the will to resist?
(a) In the actions of his fellow POWs.
(b) In the actions of the Vietcong.
(c) In the actions of the Vietnamese people he encounters during the tour of the region.
(d) In prayer.

12. At first, what do these men plan to do to Rowe?
(a) Shoot him.
(b) Capture him.
(c) Ignore him.
(d) Save him.

13. What happens when one attacks a guard who comes too close?
(a) It is killed.
(b) It is tortured.
(c) Its wing is clipped.
(d) It is eaten.

14. How are the next nights a nightmare of pain?
(a) He is taunted by the Vietcong soldiers.
(b) He receives thousands of mosquito bites.
(c) He is dying from starvation.
(d) He has large welts all over his body from the whip.

15. In a village near Tan Phu, why is Rowe recognized?
(a) He had been there to catch the Vietcong.
(b) He had been there prior to his capture to offer help.
(c) He had been there prior to his capture to buy food.
(d) He had been there to sell his fish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rowe do for the men?

2. Someone braves punishment by doing what?

3. Rowe decides again to try an escape and plans to go in what?

4. How long is the camp moved?

5. Why does Rowe feel somewhat exhilarated?

(see the answer keys)

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